Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 15, 2022

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    sirbadger  about 2 years ago

    It is either dangerous or a bunch of very old people stay here.

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    wallylm  about 2 years ago

    How nature says “Do not enter” (continuing a series started about 40 years ago by Gary Larson)

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    RAGs  about 2 years ago

    I think I stayed there for week one night.

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    Concretionist  about 2 years ago

    I’ve stayed at some pretty marginal motels, but none quite THIS worrisome. Including the one whose doorway was so out of true that the ground squirrels ran in and out of the room freely.

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    C  about 2 years ago

    So much for room service

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    lalapalooza Premium Member about 2 years ago

    lol the one I stayed at, the bar you hold onto in the shower fell off the wall when I touched it and the brick pillar in front of my room had been hit by something and was crooked and missing bricks lol

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    Enter.Name.Here  about 2 years ago

    If the motel host asks you “Da ya wants da room for two o’clock, three o’clock or four?”, try another motel with by-the-day or weekly rates.

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    baddawg1989  about 2 years ago

    “We’ll leave the light on for ya…”

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    marilynnbyerly  about 2 years ago

    There’s a motel like that here, too.

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    Mediatech  about 2 years ago

    Jason Isbell has a song about that place.

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    keenanthelibrarian  about 2 years ago

    Just what kind of chicken-shit organisation is being run here!!??

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    eastern.woods.metal  about 2 years ago

    Reminds me of the place on Vancouver Island we stayed at. Bare cinder block walls. Cast iron frame bed. Stained mattress. I was looking for syringes under the sink.

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    Doug K  about 2 years ago

    He’s still not quite sure about this sign.

    It could be a good sign (depending on the neighborhood?).

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    sandpiper  about 2 years ago

    Guess I missed whatever triggered this outlook.

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    Space_cat  about 2 years ago

    Must be our run-down local “OD” motel, where we keep the societal dregs of humanity. Their business motto is, “if you think you’ve reached the bottom, you have!”

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    Ermine Notyours  about 2 years ago

    Another sign is if there’s a body floating in the pool.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 years ago

    The rooms also rent at hourly rates. BYOH

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    blackman2732  about 2 years ago

    You don’t need a spidey-sense for this one.

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    Darryl Heine  about 2 years ago

    COVID testing optional?

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    potfarmer  about 2 years ago

    The bears are in room 3.

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    cripplious  about 2 years ago

    Now we know why they were offering such cheap rates.

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    Redd Panda  about 2 years ago

    Every room has a Trauma Bandage next to the bible.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I usually rent the rooms by the hour. So, I miss the shuttle.

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    rickseg  about 2 years ago

    So that place is a Motel One?

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    shelly  about 2 years ago

    Also comes with a complementary first aid kit

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    monya_43  about 2 years ago

    That motel may be better than the other ones in the area. The others may require you to get your own transportation to the emergency room and pay for it out of pocket.

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    Linguist  about 2 years ago

    Travelers to Ecuador learn very quickly that there is a big difference between a motel and a hotel or hostel! We invented the name No-Tell Motel.

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    MeGoNow Premium Member about 2 years ago

    The Bates chain of fine establishments.

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    llevikhin  about 2 years ago

    they give out complimentary shots of penicillin as well?

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    mindjob  about 2 years ago

    You’ll have to deal a lot of drugs to afford that emergency shuttle.

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    mistercatworks  about 2 years ago

    Instead of “room service” – “armed response”. Tell-tale signs to live by.

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    GreenT267  about 2 years ago

    Research and planning. Research and planning. It took me about 50 years to train my spouse to plan our trips. He just wanted to ‘go’ and ‘stop’ when he was tired of driving. Actually, I ended up planning our trips after the first couple of years [he now plans a few trips on his own]. It’s much easier now to find clean, safe places to stay when you can check them out online — although you do have ‘consider the source’ and double check reviews [there are trolls everywhere]. FYI, there are laws against posting false reviews (both positive and negative). In the US, 15 US Code § 45, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the power to stop and penalize parties “using unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” And the FTC forbids the use of fake testimonials. I’m sure other countries have similar regulations. So if you get succored into a bad motel situation by apparently deceptive reviews, notify the appropriate trade commission. It won’t help your experience, but it might help some others.

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    snowedin, now known as Missy's mom Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Danger, Will Robinson!

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    198.23.5.11  about 2 years ago

    Homer&Jethro singing their spoof of Elvis’ “Heartbreak Hotel”.

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    brick10  about 2 years ago

    When we asked to see the room before checking in and noticed the bullet holes in the wall, we declined.

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    john_chubb  about 2 years ago

    That’s the hotel Earl stayed at.

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    mwksix  about 2 years ago

    Mother would approve…

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    KEA  about 2 years ago

    I travel (or used to pre-pandemic) with a friend and she has an uncanny ability for finding “interesting” lodging. One that leaps to mind had rooms with NO way to control the temperature in the room.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I recall a cartoon from years ago where a series of rooms had signs reading “Do Not Disturb”, “Do Not Disturb”, “Do Not Disturb”, and “Disturbed”. Probably good to avoid that place as well.

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    christelisbetty  about 2 years ago

    Welcome to the Motel California.

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    schaefer jim  about 2 years ago

    Funny1

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    "Doon the Watter" on the Waverley  about 2 years ago

    Free?!? Well, we know which country Bob is currently NOT residing in…

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    willie_mctell  about 2 years ago

    We had some neighbors across the street that rode in ambulances often.

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    tee929  about 2 years ago

    Those aren’t DO NOT DISTURB signs on the doors, they are TOE TAGS!

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    PaulGoes  about 2 years ago

    Bates Motel?

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    rick92040  about 2 years ago

    That’s a Motel. I like the old Route 66 type Motels. Most have been fixed up and I can just look out the window to see my motorcycle is safe.

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    Grover St. Clair  about 2 years ago

    I was looking for a motel in Philly and comparing amenities. I decided against the one with bullet-proof glass at the registration desk.

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    spaced man spliff  about 2 years ago

    One no-tell motel was trying to be a bit respectable. A sign on the desk said “Mrs Smith” better be at least 18.

    Third rate Romance—-Low rent rendezvous.

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    bakana  about 2 years ago

    Then there is the fact that Every Room has its own Ice Machine…

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